Virtue Quotations | Page 5

A state can no more give up part of her sovereignty than a lady can give up part of her virtue

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge

Consider your breed; you were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity.It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personalvalues.

There was a little bit of panic selling when trading started. A lot of traders are identifying bargains. But money flows are still negative by virtue of a lot of selling.

The resistance of a woman to a mans advances is not always a sign of virtue. Sometimes its just a sign of experience.

I've been deeply influenced by Aristotle's idea that virtue is a habit, something you practice and get better at, rather than something that comes naturally. 'The control of the appetites by right reason,' is how he defined it.

They all call themselves virtuous, but I have no virtue at all.

The virtue of seeing a doctor who knows you is, if you come in and say, 'I have a headache,' he or she knows whether you always have headaches or if this is an earth-shattering event because you haven't had a headache in 40 years.

The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through All Things; its height is as high as God; its greatness is as great as God.

The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because state officials, acting like Inquisitors, forced people to accept it by punishing them for their refusal.

The virtue of authenticity is that it doesn't change in the course of time.

These sorts of funds have set themselves up to outperform by virtue of the fact that individual picks can really make a difference.

The seeds of sin and virtue are bound together.

Temperance and labor are the two best virtues. Labor whets the appetite, temperance curbs it.

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.

Sometimes bureaucracies are incompetent, just by virtue of the fact that they're bureaucracies. And, sometimes, Jack has to do things outside the law.

Ours has much more to do with the Masonic theme. Mozart was really intrigued by the ideals of the Masons and wanting to have truth, virtue and reason be the model by which people live by.

Ours is the most time-pressed generation in history by virtue of the number of things competing for our attention.

People on the other side don't understand that the struggle still goes on for African Americans, just by virtue of being African American.

An unprecedented amount of new fund money has been attracted to the LME by virtue of index buying (commodity indices) and structured products.

Another virtue of my experiments is that I use the same long single strand over and over again (the natural virus sequence) and I just change the ∼200 short staple strands. This means I don't have to do a custom long synthesis every time I want to make a new structure.

As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy.

As in nature, things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm.

Aiding the needy has always been a traditional Chinese virtue.

Your virtue is your shield; your vice is the weapon that inflicts wounds on you.

This is the first time in the country's history where simply by virtue of living somewhere you are mandated to purchase a product.

This is a day for kids. This is a day that brings out the children in all of us. You can imagine when you were 8 years old or 10 years old how, with such reverence, you viewed the phrase 'pitchers and catchers report.' And the van leaving is that trigger of emotion that tells you it's just five days until pitchers and catchers report. And on a day when New England is blanketed with snow, the reminder that pitchers and catchers report in a few days by virtue of the van leaving, those are good words. Those are soothing to any New Englander's soul.

A man must make his choice not only between virtue and vice, but between different virtues.

It sends a very mixed message. It's a worry. A preferable way would have been to try to tie together the virtues of the O'Keefe approach with what Dr. Griffin wanted to do so you have a seamless transition.

It was such a great time for music. Being in college radio in the '80s, R.E.M. just happened, Elvis Costello was going strong. The biggest, most famous Seattle band was the Young Fresh Fellows. Our town was halfway between Seattle and Minneapolis on I-90, and so we got tons of shows just by virtue of being the gas-money stop on I-90.

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue

For him who confesses, shams are over and realities have begun; he has exteriorized his rottenness. If he has not actually got rid of it, he at least no longer smears it over with a hypocritical show of virtue -- he lives at least upon a basis of veracity.

Forgiveness is Truth itself, it is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the Supreme virtue in this world. Hence, all people should develop the quality of forgiveness.

Forbearance, compassion and incorruptible virtue are the three pillars of a happy life. Only such a life can be called civilized; the rest is barbarian existence.

It's also a recognition that however much people might vary, they have certain things in common by virtue of their common human nature.

Do not teach treason to your friends and to other seekers. Dress and manners have become polished now; but the inner man has deteriorated in virtue and faith!

Confidence in another person's virtue is no light evidence of your own.

The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.

Each must in virtue strive for to excel ; That man lives twice that lives the first life well

Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that.

That for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice- almighty gold

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call and caring a lot.

no more verbally incomprehensible; no more devoid of the vision thing; and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.

In a world of deep injustice and violence, a people exists that thinks some can be given time to study. We need you to take seriously the calling that is yours by virtue of going to college.

In a period when there were a lot of M&A heated activity they, by virtue of being in the penalty box, could not realistically look at anything because there would be a question mark as to whether you could really close any transaction in a reasonable time.

If one loses wealth, he may regain it by some means or other. If he loses health, some doctor might prescribe a tonic to win it back. If one loses status and authority he may, by sheer luck, gain them back. If Virtue is lost, it is lost forever; nothing can restore the pristine purity. So one has to be ever vigilant and should never slacken.

If there is no immortality, there is no virtue

I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

in the belief that dialogue can triumph over discord, that diversity is a universal virtue and that the peoples of the world are far more united by their common fate than they are divided by their separate identities.

In several cases, it's been a witnessing tool, just by virtue of having it in common with someone and being able to talk with someone while we play.

By virtue of what happened with Katrina, we'd rather err on the side of safety.

By virtue of this change, we will not fill an open position on the crew, and the remaining three members will be dedicated to performing heavy-duty maintenance projects in our parks. This is all part of an ongoing program to improve conditions in our parks, which will include the installation of new trash receptacles throughout the system this year. As in the past, we will also be replacing or adding play equipment and other structures, where needed.

By virtue of their extended season, they'll come to camp in better position to make an impression.

By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities.

By virtue of just adding that lane all the way through the system in both directions northbound and southbound, you're going to increase the capacity.

By the virtue of its thoroughness, the local application was successful,

Be generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.

To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt.

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.

Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.

No one can deny you or grant you anything. It all comes to you by virtue of your vibration.

Unadaptability is often a virtue.

Purpose without virtue is vanity.

I think my virtue was I never thought "This is impossible.

Make a virtue of necessity.

Patience is a conquering virtue.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.

If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.

I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

I believe that saying a thing is to keep its virtues and take away its terror.

Drunken with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. But be drunken.

Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.

Consistency is the foundation of virtue.

Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.

For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it.

There is no virtue if there is no immortality.

for there is some virtue or other to be exercised, whatever happens...

I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.

The proof of liberal virtue is generousity with other people's money.

There is but on virtue--the eternal sacrifice of self.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty.

It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.

Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.